Otis Ferguson GLENN

(1879-1959)

Senate Years of Service:

1928-1933

Party:

Republican

GLENN, Otis Ferguson, a
Senator from Illinois; born in Mattoon, Coles County, Ill., August
27, 1879; attended the public schools; graduated from the law
department of the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1900;
admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Murphysboro,
Ill.; State’s attorney of Jackson County 1906-1908,
1916-1920; member, State senate 1920-1924; elected as a Republican
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Frank L. Smith and served from December 3, 1928, to
March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 and
for election in 1936; chairman, Committee on Privileges and
Elections (Seventy-second Congress); resumed the practice of law in
Chicago, Ill.; died in Portage Point, near Onekama, Mich., March
11, 1959; interment in Onekama Cemetery, Onekama, Mich.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present